1978 Baylor Bears football team

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1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Houston $ 7 1 0 9 3 0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 2 0 9 2 1
No. 9 Texas 6 2 0 9 3 0
Texas Tech 5 3 0 7 4 0
No. 19 Texas A&M 4 4 0 8 4 0
SMU 3 5 0 4 6 1
Baylor 3 5 0 3 8 0
Rice 2 6 0 2 9 0
TCU 0 8 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season sixth in the Southwest Conference. Sophomore Mike Singletary established a team record with 232 tackles in 1978, including 34 in a game against the University of Houston.

Schedule

September 16at Georgia*

L 14–16 43,000 September 23at Kentucky*

L 21–25 57,793 September 30at No. 13 Ohio State*

L 28–34 87,998 October 7Houston

L 18–20 35,000 October 14SMU

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

L 21–28 36,500 October 21at No. 12 Texas A&M

W 24–6 55,458 October 28at TCU

W 28–21 16,722 November 4at Texas Tech

L 9–27 48,895 November 11No. 16 Arkansasdagger

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

L 14–27 45,000 November 18at Rice

L 10–24 13,000 November 25No. 9 Texas

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 38–14 31,500

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team Players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Greg Hawthorne Running Back 1 28 Pittsburgh Steelers
Ronnie Lee Tackle 3 65 Miami Dolphins
Steve Howell Fullback 4 107 Miami Dolphins
Luke Prestridge Punter 7 188 Denver Broncos

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